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MSNBC Analyst: Rush Limbaugh ‘Represents The Confederacy’
nationalreview.com ^ | 7/22/2013 | Dimitrios Halikias

Posted on 07/23/2013 8:18:43 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

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To: RJS1950; NTHockey
Neatly and concisely stated.

And all entirely irrelevant.

101 posted on 07/23/2013 1:26:12 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Yosemitest

when liberals get desperate they bring out the Rebel Flag and the rusty chains of slavery. They see their day coming to an end—but they will not go peacefully—they will fight to the very end—the Army may have to pry Obama out of the White House. To then this is a religious, moral crusade to bring America to the glories of Communism and the workers utopia of the United Nations.


102 posted on 07/23/2013 1:46:16 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: sauropod; rockrr
More proof that just b/c someone has a Ph.D. does not mean they know what they are talking about!

You’d be surprised how often that happens...

He knows what he's up to.

He's working off a script "red state = right to work state = Confederate state = slave state."

What's important to him isn't historical accuracy, it's getting his message out.

103 posted on 07/23/2013 2:06:50 PM PDT by x
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To: rockrr

yes, entirely irrelevant s that the bashing can continue. Like the black community wanting revenge, not justce; Confederacy bashers want punishment, not healing.


104 posted on 07/23/2013 2:15:34 PM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: kcvl

.....in other words, COMPLETELY USELESS. A bum scrapping aluminum cans is more productive than this clown.


105 posted on 07/23/2013 2:16:44 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: Bon of Babble

Democrats are stupid but black Democrats are flat our retarded.


106 posted on 07/23/2013 2:19:19 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Note to the NSA: I approved this dissention. What are you going to do about it Punks?)
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To: Bon of Babble
MSNBC (pronounced: eh'mess'en-be-cee)

1. The state of mind of total psychosis, esp. as regards news reporting 
and political commentary.

2. To be clinically insane, yet to be entrusted with the delivery of news copy.

3. The act of seeing racism in all matters, regardless of actual presence.

4. To be a spokesperson for any Democrat politician.

(ex. "Did you see that reporter? He went all MSNBC on that witness!")

(syn: insanity, madness, moonbattery, bias, unhinged)

(ant: sane, unbiased, sober)

107 posted on 07/23/2013 2:22:54 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: OldNavyVet

But by changing the law into a tax issue FROM THE BENCH, he did make law.


108 posted on 07/23/2013 2:22:58 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Note to the NSA: I approved this dissention. What are you going to do about it Punks?)
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To: RJS1950

You must admit that the North invaded the South. thus the
South was primarily defending their homes.


109 posted on 07/23/2013 3:56:34 PM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: NTHockey
Like the black community wanting revenge, not justce(sic); Confederacy bashers want punishment, not healing.

No, not at all. Some of us just want a little accuracy.

110 posted on 07/23/2013 5:38:22 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: upcountryhorseman

Sure, in response to an insurrection and acts of war.


111 posted on 07/23/2013 5:39:31 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: wardaddy; 0.E.O
According to the database, a lot of Limbaughs fought for the Confederacy -- including several from Missouri -- more than fought for the Union.

I wouldn't be surprised if David or Albert or Jacob Limbaugh in the 8th Missouri Cavalry regiment was an ancestor.

But even Obama had Confederate ancestors (I think. I haven't been able to find any in the army yet).

It doesn't say anything about present-day politics.

112 posted on 07/23/2013 5:47:00 PM PDT by x
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To: Mr. K

What rights of what state that pretended to secession?


113 posted on 07/23/2013 6:12:37 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Particularly slavery in the territories, not in the various states.

Except Lincoln said, over and over “A house divided can not stand. The United States can not stay divided over slavery, it will either become all of one thing, or all of the other.?


114 posted on 07/23/2013 6:15:12 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: RJS1950

Slavery could have been abolished. It would have taken a constitutional amendment (3/4s of the states).


115 posted on 07/23/2013 6:16:54 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: Fledermaus

That is just about the same as what the SCOTUS did when they ruled that Social Security was constitutional, as a tax.


116 posted on 07/23/2013 6:18:04 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: upcountryhorseman

The United States didn’t invade anyone. They put down an insurrection.

Most of the insurrection took place on the territory of the United States. Of course the insurection had naval forces and privateers too, and went to other countries. Vermont was invaded from Canada.


117 posted on 07/23/2013 6:21:06 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: NTHockey

I will suggest that slavery as practiced in the US had some unconstitutional elements.

The practice of having people be given the status of slaves at birth was an unconstitutional punishment by corruption of the blood.


118 posted on 07/23/2013 6:23:06 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: NTHockey
Fact #1 - Only 5% of people who lived in the Confederacy owned slaves.

Possibly true, though highly, often intentionally, misleading.

Only 5% (or whatever) of the population of the Confederacy held legal title to slaves. But slaves were generally held by the head of the household, and we generally refer to a family owning its home, not the father who is listed on the title.

Similarly, I think it is eminently reasonable to look at the percentage of families that owned slaves, not individuals holding legal title.

In the Lower South (SC, GA, AL, MS, LA, TX, FL -- those states that seceded first), about 36.7% of the white families owned slaves. In the Middle South (VA, NC, TN, AR -- those states that seceded only after Fort Sumter was fired on) the percentage is around 25.3%, and the total for the two combined regions -- which is what most folks think of as the Confederacy -- is 30.8%. In the Border States (DE, MD, KY, MO -- those slave states that did not secede) the percentage of slave-ownership was 15.9%, and the total throughout the slave states was almost exactly 26%.

Data from 1860 census.

http://www.civilwarcauses.org/stat.htm

119 posted on 07/23/2013 7:50:17 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Bon of Babble
An avowed conservative Republican would side with Southern Secessionist/Segregationist Democrats. Uh huh, right.
120 posted on 07/23/2013 8:48:14 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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